This graphic is not meant to represent a view on the wage gap debate, it is just a presentation of the data and does not account for the underlying factors that explain these differences. However, I did add a few comments at the...

Throughout it’s nearly 400-year history, New York City’s demography has been characterized by an ever-changing series of immigration waves, coming from all corners of the globe. The graphic below shows how these waves of immigration have varied over time. The circles represent each group’s share...

Last month, I provided the data for a New York Post article, How NYC Does Not Tax the Super Rich, which describes how NYC’s most expensive apartment, a penthouse that recently sold for $100M, has an annual property tax bill of only $17k....

Every dot in this map is a fatal accident for which speeding was a contributing factor, 2004-2013 The other day, I came across this chart, posted by reddit user Ayatollah_Bahloni with the title “Is speeding worth it?” For a given driving distance, the chart...

The most complicated real estate tax system in the country is about to get even more confusing. On Thursday, Mayor De Blasio announced his proposal for a “mansion tax.” The tax would be levied on buyers of condos, coops, or houses that sell for $1,750,000 or...

In case you needed another reason to dislike Robert Durst, he is not only [allegedly] a murderous and animal-decapitating sociopath, he is also a slumlord. Though Durst’s name appears on very few NYC real estate transactions over the past decade, he has reportedly been busy buying...